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The Lichen Collection of the National Museum of Natural History, Sofia (BG-NMNHS-MYC)

Lichens collected mainly from Bulgaria, and some from Eurasia, dried, stored in boxes. Small collection: 3400 specimens. Temporal scope: 1908-1983.

Curator: Salza Palpurina, salza.palpurina@gmail.com, herbarium@nmnhs.com (ORCID #: 0000-0003-0416-5622)
Technical Support: Snezhina Popova, snejina.b.popova@gmail.com
Homepage: https://scientific-collections.gbif.org/collection/0b347ac9-5b02-434a-b562-c48507a32243
Collection Type: Preserved Specimens
Management: Data snapshot of local collection database
Last Update: 10 April 2024
IPT / DwC-A Source:
Digital Metadata: EML File
Usage Rights: CC BY-NC (Attribution-Non-Commercial)
Collection Statistics
  • 3,342 specimen records
  • 2,643 (79%) georeferenced
  • 3,284 (98%) identified to species
  • 57 families
  • 115 genera
  • 590 species
  • 593 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)
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